Box 4
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Correspondence amongst Captain H. S. Knapp, Luce, Rodgers, Chadwick, Sperry, Mahan, and the General Board of the Department of the Navy about the removal of the NWC from Newport to the immediate vicinity of Washington. Includes arguments both for and against this recommendation. (Duplicates and drafts included), 10 Feb-16 Dec 1910
File — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: RG-01
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
This record group is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, lists, contracts, inventories, and plans regarding the establishment, administration and curriculum of the Naval War College, new building construction, and items relating to the establishment of a naval coaling station somewhere in the Narragansett Bay, R.I. Of particular interest may be correspondence with discussions about merging the NWC with the Naval Torpedo Station in 1888 and the possible removal of NWC to Washington, D.C. in 1910-1911. Also included are journals and letterpress copybooks kept by past NWC presidents, Charles Stockton and French E. Chadwick.
Dates:
10 Feb-16 Dec 1910